The A.Typical RPG Review (PC)
I really tried to like this game, I did, but it has so many flaws that, in the end, make this game so far from the masterpiece it could have been that it, quite literally, makes me sad. The A.Typical RPG is a tongue-in-cheek game that is, at its best, hilarious and maybe even fun, but, at its An RPG about LifeThe A.Typical RPG follows the story of a college student with pink hair named Montgomery and his everyday struggles with bullies, tests, The Girl he likes (whose actual name is The Girl), and teacher-student conflicts. It’s a very small and limited game, heck, the game points out its own limitations, something that actually made me smile and grow even a little more attached to it. Unfortunately, once you start playing it becomes a letdown. The writing in The A.Typical RPG is brilliant. It’s evident by how well written the game is that Pyrodactyl Games seem to care about the setting of their story, which is what puts the A.Typical in the title. The title gives the misconception that the game is making fun of your stereotypical RPGs and, in some ways, it is; but the typical part of the game comes from the fact that it’s an RPG twist on everyday life, while also making fun of stereotypical RPGs.
Having a game that lives out your past (or current) college life as an RPG makes the game only feel more personal, but makes it even more hilarious. The dialogue is well written, most of the times , and the dialogue options put even big-budget game to shame. The dialogue system consists of determining how the overall tone of the sentence will be; whether he’ll agree/disagree + be angry/calm + be interested/bored + be sincere/sarcastic determine how his sentence will turn out. All five of these attributes combine to generate his response to a question or just a general conversation, unless that conversation only have three potential choices, in which case you just pick an option as you would in any other RPG and, in fact, it’s sort of a shame they didn’t have more conversations that used this system. |
worst, frustrating and boring.
| Our Rating for The A.Typical RPG Review (PC) | |
| 3.0 | Replay The dialog options are entertaining, but the constant looping makes sure that you�ll eventually see every option by the time you finish playing. |
| 7.5 | Graphics The artwork is hand drawn and pretty decent, after a bit of playing it�s easy to see that it does actually fit in with the games overall tone and feel, it�s just a shame that the animations are a little awkward. |
| 6.0 | Sound The music is decent, but after hearing the same tunes for a while, it quickly becomes stale and can even be irritating at times. |
| 4.0 | Gameplay The gameplay, especially the combat, has the potential of being fun, especially with the dialog system, but the loops present in the game quickly kill any fun to be had to all but the most determined players. |
| 0.0 | Multiplayer/Online Content |
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Overall The story is very well written and even funny at times, the art is well done, although it can seem awkward at first, but all of this is let down by lackluster gameplay that apparently lacks polish and weighs down all that The A.Typical RPG has to offer. |
